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Art for the Orange Line Extension: Western Imaginary by Ken Gonzales-Day

Bags of glass mosaic pieces created at Perdomo, the artwork fabricator, ready to be assembled into the mosaic artwork. All images courtesy the artist.

Ken Gonzales Day’s artwork presents kaleidoscopic views of native manzanita and oak trees, inviting passengers to find shapes and faces hidden within the patterns at Canoga Station for the Orange Line Extension. These images are currently being translated into two 27-foot long elliptical stone and glass mosaic artworks, which will be embedded into the new concrete platforms being added at the Canoga station. (Here’s a link to more information about Ken.)

There are more photos of the artwork being assembled after the jump.

Detail of Western Imaginary

Teams of artisans assembling Western Imaginary, one tiny piece at a time.

Teams of artisans assembling Western Imaginary, one tiny piece at a time.

Artisans assembling the artwork

A room full of millions of mosaic pieces at the fabricator, Perdomo's, studio.